Did that title get your attention? This is Jason - as in Sherry's husband for those who may have never met me (I'm kind of reclusive). I've decided to attempt my first blog. Go easy on me.
I love my wife. I really do. One of the things I really love about her is her ability to cook. I always have good home-cooked meals when I get home from work. Fajitas, baked fish, chicken pot pie, lots of good stuff. She cooks most of her meals without looking at a recipe. I find that fascinating. Now, when I see a recipe and think to myself "Self, that sounds good. I would like my wife to make that for me," I give the recipe to my wife and expect her to follow it. It sounds so good the way it is printed on the paper. That is how I want to try it.
The problem with Sherry is that she can't follow a written recipe to save her life. I don't understand how this can be. The ingredients, measurements, instructions, temperatures, and cooking times are all printed out - right there to be referred to if need be. The funny thing is that most of time she is really trying to follow the recipe. She'll forget to buy an ingredient and have to improvise, or she will buy the wrong size of the ingredient and use it (either too much or too little). The food is usually still edible and most of the time it even tastes good. But every single time (honestly, I mean every time!), a series of events transpires which prevents her from successfully executing the recipe. I think she was hypnotized by the Soviets back in the late '70s as part of a sleeper cell and she is dutifully performing her Pinko-Commie programming in an attempt to tear apart the fabric of the American lifestyle.
Don't worry though, I won't turn her over to Senator McCarthy. I still love her too much.
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Hmmm - dangerous entry - and replying is risky - since I am your mother - ha! But - you said it well - your wife's ability to cook and have a good home-cooked meal on the table EVERY NIGHT! You are one lucky guy!! And she is one skilled cook!!! I wish I had her skill to just create a dinner from what I have in the house - and to cook without following a recipe!! I love it when she comes here and just "whips up" something with seemingly no effort! As for following a recipe to the letter - well - that may not be her style - but - could it be yours?? Am I still your mother?? Love, Me
Jason,
I'm going to join in the frey. Shame on you! You have a wife that cooks and you complain because of one ingredient or another.
If Sherry was trained by the Soviets, Cheryl was in charge of the whole regiment. Just last night, as I looked at my dinner that consisted of everything from a single box, I commented that if the way to a mans heart was through his stomach, Cheryl was in trouble.
In my wife's defense, she doesn't like to eat anything, so if a recipe requires more than three ingredients added at more than one time, forget it.
I love her, but not for the cooking, recipe or not.
Mark
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